Letters to a Friend 



came drifting down to us broken and dead, nor 

 the more beautiful crystals which vegetate 

 upon them. A great many storms have come to 

 these mountains since I passed them, and they 

 can hardly be less than ten feet ; at the altitude 

 of Tamarac still more. 



The weather here is balmy now, and the falls 

 are glorious. Three weeks ago the thermometer 

 at sunrise stood at 12 degrees. 



I have repaired the mill and dam, and the 

 stream is in no danger of drying up and is more 

 dammed than ever. 



To-day has been cloudy and rainy. Tissiack 

 and Starr King are grandly dipped in white 

 cloud. 



I sent you my plants by express. I am sorry 

 that my Yosemite specimens are not with the 

 others. 



I left a few notes with Mrs. Yelverton when 

 I left the valley in the fall. I wish that you would 

 ask her, if you should see her, where she left 

 them, as Mrs. Hutchings does not know. 



I shall be happy to join Stoddard in anything 



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